The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-17
WOMAN'SW CUP
MEETING OF THE CHRISTIAN TEN
PERANCE UNION.

NASHVILLE, Nov. 16-The National
Eonlan's Christian Temperance Union met
in Watkins Hall at 10 o'clock this morning,
with representatives from almost every
state and Territory. For the first time tu-
dian Territory has sent ITS representative.
Mrs. Lide Merriwether, President Of Ten
nessee, presided. Upon the platform were
seated Mrs. Judge Thompson of Hillsboro,
Ohio, Mother of the Crusade in 1883; Pun
dita Ramabai, Vice President of the
Worlds Womans Christian Temperance
Union for India and the officers of the
National Union.
The hall is decorated with beautiful ban
uels and flowers.
Mrs Hannah Whitehall Smith, lately re-
turned from England, opened the convention
with Bible reading on love.
Before the crowning event of the conven-
ton-Miss Wizards annual address-the
entire front of the platform was lined with
representatives of the press, among whom
were Miss Catherine Cole of the
New Orleans hcdgp1le, and Mrs. NJ. Helen
Crane for the New York World. Perfect
QuietneSs prevailed while Miss Willard
delivered her annual address, which was
frequently interrupted by applause. In
loving kindness and in sympathy, in breadth
of vision and depth of resolve her message
to the White Ribbon women cannot be
excelled.
At the conclusion of the address, Zerelda
Wallace led in prayer, and then followed
the Introduction of distinguished visitors.
MISS wILLARD's ADDRESS.
Following is a synopsis of the address of
Miss Willard: Forty States and Terri
tories have sent 400 representatives to the
metropolis of Southern education. North
ern hOmekeepers have crossed Mason and
l)ixons line to clasp hands with their
sisters. No surer token that we are
one nation has been given since 1864. There
are not enough anti-Saloon Republicans at
the North to carry prohibition in a single
State that is now struggling to secure it; and
there are not enough anti-saloon Democrats
at the South, has been proved in this mem
orable year of our constitutional
defeats, but there are enough
temperance men in both TO take possession
Of the government and give lis national
prohibition party in the near future, which
is to be the party of God. Miss Louise L.
Smith, of Rhode Island, one of our evangelic
veterans, has proposed that we district
the nation, giving TO each subdivision
a leader of its own / hope her
plan may be carefully considered. But my
heart turns with tender love aud blessing
the time when her own hallowed ministry
shall be so persuasive that outside societies
shall no longer prevail, when our legal
work shall broaden into Christian
citizenship, our educational efforts into
public kindergarten and industrial
schools, where hygiene shall be the study
earliest and longest taught, when the
church shall welcome US to all her councils,
lay upon our heads her consecrating hands
and claim for her own the theory that
speaks for Christ.
We must work out the manifest destiny
of municipal ballot for women as a means of
enforcing prohibtory laws and emphasize
more strongly than before national amend
ment which shall remove all legal disabili-
ties from the daughter Of the republic /
believe also tnat the Prohibition party
should stronsiY state as its ultimate aim
two anendnsF's : D., tn. national constitu
ton: First, ca,il, FOR universal prohibit
ton; second, eufe+ aChising women; and
that it SHOULD car fully study
both Knights of Labar and Grangers that it
may incorporate the principles of arbitra
tion and cooperation into its own with any
others that seem to be based upon Christian
ethics and Christian brotherhood. Among
these is most assurediy involved equal wages
as well rs equal moral standards for women
and men; heavier penalties for crimes
against women. and the raising of the age
Of protection TO Is years.
The Woman's Temperance Publication
Association last year published 30,0O0,000
pages and this year over 50,0G0,000. The
total issue of the Union SigH0t for the year
was 1,634, ,000 copies, or an average of 81 ,423
copies perssweek Our four periodicals have
a combined circulation OF over $4,000
copies.
The Woman'g Christian Temperance
Union OF Ohio has arranged for a new
department in the interest of peace.
This is strictly germane to temperance
work, for nothing increases intemperance
like war and nothing tends toward war like
intemperance.
We ought to rejoice in the development
OF athletic sports for women as well as men,
since whatever conduces to national tonic
and stimulus of outdoor life leads away
from ali narcotic drugs
The future Of the National Tenn
perance Hospital, located in Chicago,
IS assured. As temperance people we must
no longer leave our interests uudefended III
Washington. | suggest that this conven
ton invite the Sons of Temperance. Good
Templars and the Prohibition Party TO
combine with us in an effort 70 engage a
christian temperance lawyer at Washing
ton, who shall watch our interests as care
fully as Louis Shade & Co., do those of the
brewers and distilers.
have always been opposed TO secret so
cleties, and never more 50 than to-day
They are relics of medi@val times, and des
tined to become extinct. But the Good
Templars and the knights Of Labor have so
much in them that is praiseworthy, their
secretism is so nominal and their purposes
50 helpful, that it has always seemed to
me they formed exceptions 10 the gen
crai rule. / believe they will
not always be secretivo even hi name, but
that this useless feature will fade away and
merge into the light Of common day. 10 is
satisfaction to note the triuraph OF the
better element in the Knights Of Labor
over tho Anarchists aud Socialists; the
growing influence OF Mr.. Powderly, and the
fearlessness Of his utteranccs and Mr..
Litchman's concerning temperance. But
in thess days we feed and clothe
the poor to wise purpose when we show
them how to feed and clothe themselves.
Temperance does that. Industrial training,
better wages, shorter hours Of work, coop
Grafton, arbitration all these modern modes
of blessing win claim for those who work
TO bring them the holy declaration from the
lips of the carpenters son, 'Ie, did 1t unto
me-
The afternoon session was opened with
Scripture reading and prayer. The treas
ureT's report showed balance on hand in
1886 of $1,S7l. The total receipts during
I9l<- b,x hoo tn E,u1nf.ea n the